Current studies on bacterospermia the leading cause of male infertility: A protégé and potential threat towards mans extinction

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 562-564

  Isaiah, Ibeh Nnana ^a   Nche, Bikwe Thomas ^b   Nwagu, Ibeh Georgina ^b   Nnanna, Ibeh Isaiah ^b  

^a FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bacterospermia; Infertility; Sperm quality; Urogenital

Indexed keywords

IMIPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOSPERMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; OUTPATIENT; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

EID: 84255187677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4297/najms.2011.3559     Document Type: Article

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